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Blanc immediately noticed the disdain in her eyes. He hadn’t done anything like James, yet he was catching flak for it.
But no matter how unreasonable her anger seemed, he couldn’t stand to see her upset. Quietly, he leaned over to her, softening his expression and trying to comfort her.
“Yes, Lily should decide whether they get back together or not,” Grace chimed in with full agreement. She shot a sharp glare at James and added coolly, “Frankly, I think Lily shouldn’t even consider taking this brat back. It’s not like we can’t afford to raise a child. Once she gives birth, we’ll pay for everything, raise the baby together, and she won’t need to rely on some wandering bastard like him!”
“Exactly!” Henry snorted. “If this little punk wants a kid so badly, he can go make one with one of his precious boyfriends.”
He paused, then huffed again. “Let’s see him try. Let’s see if two men can actually make a baby.”
James knew full well that he would never have physical intimacy with another man. And obviously, he had no way to make a child with one. There was no point pretending anymore.
After a brief silence, he decided to tell the truth.
“I don’t like men.”
“What?!”
The last time Henry heard that his grandson wanted to be with a man, it had felt like a bolt of lightning. Now, hearing this new twist, he was just as furious.
James understood their disbelief.
Of course, he couldn’t tell them about how Lily once disguised herself as a man to date him. As always, he took all the blame onto himself.
“I lied. I said I liked men because I was furious about being forced into a marriage. When I woke urm the coma and realized I had a wife I didn’t choose, I felt angry and disgusted. I couldn’t accept it. I why I pushed her away, lied to her, and tried to get a divorce. But now… I think I’ve developed feelings for Lily.”
“You-1” Henry slapped his thigh in frustration.
So this whole thing-pretending to like men, trying to drive Lily away-it had all been some twisted scheme just to escape a marriage. And now that he’d succeeded, and even forced her to leave pregnant, now he figured out he liked her?
He was starting to wonder if there was something seriously wrong with the Luke family’s genes to produce a disaster like this.
“You’re unbelievable!” Grace scowled. “You drove your own wife away and now you think you deserve her back? Serves you right if you end up alone!”
“You better go bring Lily back!” she snapped. “If she doesn’t come home… don’t bother coming back yourself!”
“Got it.”
James had every intention of bringing Lily back. Now that everything had been laid out, he didn’t waste another second. His long legs carried him straight out of the living room.
While he’d been in the room, the atmosphere had been one of chaos and fury-everyone had been itching to slap him senseless or break his legs.
But the moment he left, the mood in the living room flipped to joy and excitement.
Ivan was the first to speak, practically jumping out of his seat. “Yes! I’m going to be an uncle! With how good-looking my brother and Lily are, I can’t even imagine how cute my little niece or nephew is gonna be!”
“It’s going to be a niece!” Grace corrected him immediately.
Not being able to have a granddaughter had always been a regret-both for Nancy and for Grace.
Nancy had already given birth to three boys. Grace treated her like her own daughter and couldn’t bear the thought of her suffering through another pregnancy.
If Lily had been unable to conceive, they would’ve accepted it without complaint. But now that she was pregnant, Grace couldn’t help but pin all her hopes for a granddaughter on her.
Ivan, realizing how much the elders wanted a baby girl in the family, quickly slapped himself on the mouth. “What a jinx I am. Forget what I said earlier-Lily’s definitely having a niece for me!”
Grace lit up with joy at his words.
The thought of having a soft, sweet little girl in the house in eight or nine months had Nancy smiling so wide her cheeks hurt.
“I’m actually going to be a grandma! I can’t believe I get to be a grandma!”
Truth be told, Nancy had given up hope of ever becoming one.
Her eldest son had once been dead set on dating men, and Lily had supposedly been infertile. Her second son seemed married to his research and had sworn off marriage and children. The youngest hadn’t even shown signs of maturing yet.
Nancy had already resigned herself to disappointment. But now, Lily had given them a massive surprise.
James may have been a complete disaster, but regardless of whether Lily ever forgave him, they would always see her as family.
Her parents were gone. When she gave birth, they would be by her side, helping her recover, raising the baby together.
Of course, the blame lay entirely with their useless eldest son. Even if Lily eventually married someone else, they would never be shameless enough to fight for custody. But when it came to supporting Lily and the child financially, they wouldn’t hold back a single cent.
“Elsa, I found out where Megan ended up. James had her committed to a psychiatric hospital. Odds are, she’s never getting out.”
Late at night, John and Simon weren’t by Elsa’s side. Instead, it was Mathilda sitting with her in the hospital room.
Her delicately made-up face was twisted in hatred. “That idiot Megan had the perfect chance, and she still couldn’t kill that bastard Lily’s baby…”
“But James did divorce her.”
“I knew it. James would never want that dirty little tramp!”
Elsa was deeply disappointed to hear Megan had failed. But the news of the divorce gave her a flicker of satisfaction.
A lowborn, shameless woman like Lily wasn’t worthy of John, let alone someone as brilliant as James.
She turned sharply to Mathilda and gripped her hand, lowering her voice to a whisper. “What money I gave you? Did you use it?” the
Elsa and Mathilda were now tightly bound together. They no longer hid anything from each other.
Elsa knew Mathilda had connections to several human traffickers. After selling some jewelry given to her by John and Simon, she had more than enough cash on hand. Elsa had given her five million and hoped Mathilda would use her contacts to trap Lily in a remote mountain village, where she’d be tormented day and night, suffering a fate worse than death.
They had someone secretly watching Lily. As soon as she left Capital City, they learned she’d gone to a small town in the middle of nowhere.
Alone, unfamiliar with the area, with no one to protect her or help her, it was the perfect moment to strike.
“It’s in motion.”
Mathilda nearly ground her teeth as she spoke.
Her eyes locked onto some unseen point in the distance, her entire being radiating venom like a snake about to strike, poised for a fatal blow.
“I spent a lot of money, but I finally found out which hotel Lily booked. I’ve already bribed one of the front desk girls. She made sure the room is reserved specifically for Lily.”
“Those traffickers are already inside that room. The second Lily steps inside, she’ll be sold off to the mountains to become the broodmare for two demented brothers. Her life is over-she’ll never crawl her way back again!”
Mathilda’s entire body trembled with hate as she spoke.
She hated Lily.
She hated everything.
When she was six, she was kidnapped and sold into the mountains.
The family who bought her did so to make her a child bride for their mentally impaired son.
She had to take care of that imbecile, work from dawn to dusk, suffer beatings endlessly.
When she grew older, that disgusting brute began violating her, forcing himself on her whenever he pleased.
And it wasn’t just him.
Other men in the village abused her too…
There had been two college girls who were also kidnapped and sold there. They had been kind to her, bonded with her, offered warmth in that cold hell.
They had planned what should have been a perfect escape.
But Mathilda had secretly told the villagers.
She’d helped them catch the girls and joined in their punishment alongside the buyers.
Only then did the men in that place start trusting her, and her life there became slightly more bearable.
But in that village, men still took advantage of Mathilda. The violent imbecile who abused her remained as twisted as ever.
She had fallen from the lofty heights of the Ginger family heiress to a wretched state, trampled like mud beneath everyone’s feet.
And while she endured endless humiliation and pain, Lily basked in the love of her parents and brothers- enjoying everything that should have been hers. How could she not hate her?
Lily had stolen her life and plunged her into an abyss of suffering. Mathilda would never forgive her.
She had to make Lily suffer the same agony, the same despair she had known.
“Mathilda…”
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